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Recent Examples of tin can
An anti-de Sitter universe has a boundary, often illustrated to resemble a tin can.
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Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025
The trailer bakes like a tin can in the heat.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Living in space isn't just about floating about in a windowless tin can.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Ross Barkan: Turning thirty, hiding from the pandemic, eating black beans out of tin cans.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2025
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Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025
The trailer bakes like a tin can in the heat.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Living in space isn't just about floating about in a windowless tin can.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Ross Barkan: Turning thirty, hiding from the pandemic, eating black beans out of tin cans.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tin can
Noun
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Monster bamboo, bougainvillea, and banana plants crashed in from the roadside; a tin roof sagged under the weight of a gaggle of marabou storks; baboons plundered trash cans at a highway intersection.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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Add ice, seal tins and shake hard for 10 to 12 seconds.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Former Chicago Bears defensive tackle Steve McMichael, who was fighting against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), was feted by bagpipes and drums outside his Homer Glen home after his election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Piano showrooms followed, opening up and down 57th and 58th, between stores that sold sheet music, drums, and harps.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
9 Feb. 2026
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Federal officers have shot munitions at his face respirator and at his back, and launched a tear-gas canister that sparked next to his leg and burned a hole in his costume, the complaint says.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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In other scenes unfolding in cities across the country, officers launch metal canisters that explode loudly and scatter blinding flashes of light.—
Michele Heisler,
The Conversation,
4 Feb. 2026
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